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...mixed success," says Dr. Rene Harper, an assistant professor at the Medical College of Georgia, who has prescribed the lollipops to patients who had failed to quit smoking with either nicotine gum or patches. Some of his patients found they either were too expensive or didn't pack enough of a punch. Still, Harper says, "there may be some advantage to the lollipop. It may work faster than gum." Experts suspect the pops probably won't cause lung cancer, but heart disease can't be ruled...
What’s in his CD player? Jimi Hendrix or the Rat Pack...
Growing up in Massachusetts, I used to attend the annual Marathon every year. I would stand roadside with my parents and friends, handing out small cups of water to thirsty runners. We would watch the lead pack dash past us and then stick around for hours, helping hoards of “regular Joes” struggle up Heartbreak Hill with drinks and encouragement. Not only did I feel like we were adding to community spirit, but I thoroughly enjoyed participating...
...that reason, a tax on tobacco is probably the most regressive of all taxes—more so than taxes on beer or gasoline. This tax is an unfair transfer of wealth from poor smokers to more affluent non-smokers. If prices rise by $2 per pack, a two-pack-a-day smoker will be hit with $1,460 in added expense each year. That’s a huge financial drain on a low-income consumer who cannot kick the habit...
...Prince Regent's eye. While Western audiences had their favorite silent-screen stars accompanied by music and intertitles, the Japanese stars were not on the screen?but on the stage in front of it. Benshi, or film narrators, had followings of their own; a big-name benshi could pack a house. Throughout the silent era, they mimicked the voices of different characters and provided plot narration to musical accompaniment, in a style familiar from Japan's Bunraku and Noh theaters...